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COP26 pledge to support Indigenous & local forest...

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2025/10/09

Four years after several governments and private funders pledged $1.7 billion at the COP26 U.N. climate summit to support the land tenure rights of Indigenous and local communities, funders have announced that the pledge has surpassed its original financial target one year ahead of schedule. In light of this news, Mongabay spoke with several stakeholders […]

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World’s top fossil fuel producers set to grow despite...

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2025/10/09

The world’s 20 largest fossil fuel producing countries are on track to produce more than twice the amount of coal, oil and gas in 2030 than would be consistent with the global goal to limit warming to 1.5° Celsius (2.7° Fahrenheit), according to the new Production Gap Report 2025. The 2025 report updates an earlier […]

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Canada’s prime minister discussed reviving...

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2025/10/09

TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian government official familiar with the matter says Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the prospect of reviving the contentious Keystone XL pipeline project during his White House meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump this week. A Canadian company pulled the plug on it four years ago after the Canadian government failed […]

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In DRC’s Kivu region, the moringa tree offers...

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2025/10/09

Moringa, most often associated with its native region of India, is also a valuable plant found thousands of miles away in the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Locally, it plays a crucial role in the production of medicines in traditional, traditional-modern (a combination of old and new) and modern medicine. According to […]

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Regenerative fashion initiative in Indonesia wins...

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2025/10/09

In a world defined by extraction, Denica Riadini-Flesch is proving that creation can heal instead. The Indonesian economist-turned-entrepreneur has won UCLA’s 2025 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award for building a “farm-to-closet” supply chain—a system that regenerates land, restores heritage craft, and empowers rural women. Riadini-Flesch founded SukkhaCitta after an encounter that reshaped her view of […]

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Will California’s marine mammal conservation success...

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2025/10/09

SAN DIEGO, U.S. — The bluff at La Jolla Cove in San Diego is covered with pelicans and cormorants; below, some two dozen sea lions lounge on a rocky ledge or bark and frolic in the shallows, some leaping clear out of the water. On the shore, a volunteer from the local Sierra Club’s Seal […]

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MPs across Latin America unite to stop fossil fuels...

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2025/10/09

BOGOTÁ, Colombia and SÃO PAULO, Brazil — On Oct. 7 in Brazil’s National Congress in Brasília, lawmakers, Indigenous leaders and civil society representatives gathered to present a global parliamentary investigation into the effort to phase out fossil fuels in the Amazon. The investigation, led by Parliamentarians for a Fossil-Free Future, a network of more than […]

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Study busts big bad myth that wolves are growing...

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2025/10/09

After years of being hunting to near-extinction, wolves are making a comeback in some of their historical ranges in Europe and North America. With their return comes a growing concern that the predators are moving too close to human settlements, becoming bolder and less fearful of people. Researchers set out to see if that’s true, […]

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Authorities in Vietnam bust wildlife smugglers with...

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2025/10/09

Vietnam’s border guard command has seized more than 7 metric tons of rare wildlife body parts from two wooden fishing boats moving goods from Indonesia to the southern Vietnamese province of Vinh Long. The boats were found on Oct. 3 and contained 4.2 metric tons of suspected pangolin scales, nearly 1.6 metric tons of fish […]

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Research aims to link Hansen’s disease & illegal...

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2025/10/09

Hansen’s disease (also known as leprosy) has afflicted humans for thousands of years — it has been cited throughout history, even in passages of the Bible. Yet science has still not determined whether it originated in Asia or in Africa. But Hansen’s disease’s modern name has a very traceable history. In 1873, Norwegian physician Gerhard […]

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As Singapore heats up, pests are seeking refuge indoors

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2025/10/09

SINGAPORE — Singapore’s reputation as one of the world’s cleanest cities is being put to the test by a surge in rodent and insect infestations that experts say is being fueled by climate change and heat stress. At Changi Airport, famous for its indoor gardens that embody the “City in Nature” image Singapore markets to […]

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In Panama, poison dart frog move brings hope amid...

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2025/10/08

Measuring a bit more than 20 millimeters (0.8 inches), Pratt’s poison frog (Colostethus pratti) is not the kind of frog that would get attention. Although part of the Dendrobatidae family, known for its bright colors and high toxicity that keep predators away, it can only boast a brown, stripy skin and low poison levels. It’s not […]

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Wildfire smoke could kill 71,000 people per year in...

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2025/10/08

When wildfire smoke from Canada turned New York City’s sky an eerie orange in June 2023, millions of Americans who’d never experienced such pollution got a glimpse of what has become routine for communities across the U.S. West. The smoke blanketed the Eastern Seaboard, closing schools and forcing residents indoors, a warning of what scientists […]

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A protected mangrove forest stands strong as Metro...

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2025/10/08

MANILA — Spanning the coasts of two cities in Metro Manila, and referred to as the capital region’s “last coastal frontier,” Las Piñas-Parañaque Wetland Park (LPPWP) is a critical site of both ecological and economic importance. Primarily made up of two interconnected artificial islands, Freedom Island and Long Island, this thriving wetland ecosystem along Manila […]

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Octopus farming is a dangerous detour for marine...

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2025/10/08

Octopus populations across the globe are facing mounting pressures from overfishing, habitat loss and environmental change. In response, an unsubstantiated and misguided proposal has been introduced: farming octopuses in captivity to alleviate wild harvests. In fact, some recently proposed controversial plans claim that closed-cycle octopus farming initiatives aim to reduce fishing pressure on wild octopus […]

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What fuel will ships burn as they move toward net zero?

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2025/10/08

This is Part 3 of a short series on efforts to decarbonize the global shipping industry. Part 1 addressed international policy and politics, Part 2 efficiency measures. This part looks at alternative fuels. In mid-October, more than 100 nations will gather at a London meeting to decide whether to enshrine a set of carbon reduction […]

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Amazon Rainforest hits record carbon emissions from...

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2025/10/08

In 2024, the Amazon Rainforest underwent its most devastating forest fire season in more than two decades. According to a new study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, the fire-driven forest degradation released an estimated 791 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2024, a sevenfold increase compared with the previous two years. The […]

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Saving Mexico City’s ancient floating farms

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2025/10/08

This story is a collaboration between The Associated Press and Mongabay. MEXICO CITY, Mexico — After years of working abroad in marine conservation, Cassandra Garduño returned home to find the chinampas of her childhood, Mexico City’s ancient floating farms, choked with pollution and abandoned. Instead of walking away, she bought a piece of land and […]

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New road in Peruvian Amazon sparks fear of invasion...

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2025/10/08

Shawi Nation leaders ask if the road is a mere gateway for mining companies set to enter their territory.

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Women in Mexico step up to protect the island farms...

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2025/10/08

This story is a collaboration between The Associated Press and Mongabay. MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Jasmín Ordóñez looks out at the water as the wooden boat she is in crosses a narrow channel that connects a labyrinth of chinampas, island farms that were built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago. “Let’s close our eyes […]

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